Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1273 - 1270_1

Shangguan Xuanyi quickly returned to Zezhou.

"Is Xiao’er awake?" The first thing Shangguan Xuanyi asked upon seeing people was about Xiao’er.

Shangguan Xuanjun saw that he returned so quickly and asked about Xiao’er right away, so he asked, "Didn’t you get the soul-reviving pill?"

"Brother-in-law, did you get the soul-reviving pill?" Xi’er asked hopefully.

"I’ve got it!" seeing their reactions, Shangguan Xuanyi felt a bit disappointed, even though he’d already anticipated such a situation. He took out the soul-reviving pill and gave it to Xi’er. "Check what it’s made of!"

Shangguan Xuanyi had already checked out the soul-reviving pill halfway on his way back. It did indeed emit a faint green glow.

But he didn’t know much about medicinal substances, so he wasn’t sure whether this was really the soul-reviving pill, or if it might be a poisonous one.

Normally cautious, he has always been wary of anything he ingests.

Xi’er excitedly took the soul-reviving pill and rushed back to her room to examine it: "I’ll go analyze this!"

Shangguan Xuanyi nodded his head. He wouldn’t let Xiao’er eat it until he was completely sure that it’s safe.

Xi’er went back to her room with the soul-reviving pill to study it carefully.

Shangguan Xuanjun took a quick look at Xuanyi to see if he was injured, "Did you manage to get it that easily? Are you hurt?"

"No!"

"Didn’t that bastard Gong Qinghua set a trap for you?" Di Shaowei also gave Xuanyi a once-over, finding it hard to believe that he managed to steal the soul-reviving pill so easily.

"Not much of a trap, just a thousand archers with internal strength, and three thousand well-trained soldiers." Shangguan Xuanyi said indifferently.

Even though they deployed so many, they hardly made a difference! His Qinggong was faster than their horses, how could they possibly harm him!?

Even if those thousand archers had mastered internal energy, and their arrows were faster and more powerful than those fired by regular archers, it was useless!

Two years ago he might have been severely injured by them, but now the power gap was too wide! To him, arrows fired by those with inner strength were no different from those without. Because their martial arts skills were simply not deep enough!

"A thousand archers fired arrows at you, and you were not turned into a beehive?" Di Shaowei asked in surprise.

Shangguan Xuanyi gave him a look, "That sort of thing, would only happen to you! It seems like your martial arts skills haven’t improved much in these years!"

Hearing those words, Di Shaowei was stung! Of course, his martial arts skills improved over the years, just not as freakishly as someone else’s!

Now he couldn’t even fathom how advanced Shangguan Xuanyi’s martial arts skills were!

He used to lose after a hundred moves, then after fifty, and now he can only last fewer than thirty moves!

Di Shaowei decided not to talk with him anymore!

At this time, the children also learned that their father had returned and, vying to be the first, they ran out with their little short legs.

Yang Mei and Yang Liu followed them anxiously, constantly shouting at them to slow down!

But it was as if the children hadn’t heard them at all.

"Father!"

"Father! You’ve finally returned!"

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The four children kept calling for their father as they ran out, and then they all hugged onto Shangguan Xuanyi’s thighs. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

Having not seen them for over half a month, Xuanyi noticed that the children’s running had become more stable, and it seemed like they had grown a bit taller.

Shangguan Xuanyi then crouched down, opened his arms to encircle all four children, "Father is back."

The children chattered, vying to talk with Shangguan Xuanyi.

Most of what they said was about how hard they tried to awaken Xiao’er but to no avail.

After interacting with the children, Xuanyi learned that during his absence, Yun’er had given birth to twins, and the children had a new brother and sister!

Upon Shangguan Xuanyi’s return, everyone crowded around him, and then he went with the children to go see Xiao’er.

Having been away for about twenty days, Xiao’er had become a bit thinner.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Shangguan Xuanyi held her hand, "Girl, I’m back."

There was no response from Xiao’er.

Shangguan Xuanyi simply sat there, quietly watching her for a while.

Seeing their father like this, the children, being well-behaved, didn’t speak, and instead just silently watched their mother together.

After a long time, Yang Liu knocked on the door and said Xi’er had figured out the composition of the pill.

Shangguan Xuanyi immediately left the room.

"The composition of the pill has been figured out; it’s the same as the recipe for the soul-reviving soup, only there is an additional soul-breaking grass included. But I can confirm that this pill is not poisonous." Xi’er did not know whether it was made using magic!

Soul-breaking grass? By intuition alone, it didn’t sound like something beneficial! Shangguan Xuanyi furrowed his eyebrows.

"What is the function of soul-breaking grass?" Di Shaowei asked.

"Just what the name suggests, it’s used to terminate the soul! So I guess this is not a soul-reviving pill, but rather a soul-breaking pill, used on those who can’t be awakened!" Xi’er explained.

Because during this time, she had also been researching knowledge about the soul, she knew from the books Xiao’er had given her before that besides the soul-reviving pill, there was also a soul-breaking pill. Even though she didn’t know how to concoct these elixirs, with her talent for medicines and poisons, she was sure that this pill should not be ingested! Even if it appeared to be harmless!

Di Shaowei: "......"

So, Shangguan Xuanyi had worked so hard for so many days just to bring back a soul-breaking pill!

If none of them recognized that this was a soul-breaking pill, then wouldn’t Xiao’er be done for once she swallowed it?

Seeing the green glow from the pill, he really thought this was the soul-reviving pill!

He had been filled with hope!

He thought that this time Xiao’er would finally be able to wake up!

But in the end, he was met with disappointment again!

Unable to contain his frustration, Shangguan Xuanyi slammed a fist into the round table, which instantly shattered into powder and fell to the ground.

Di Shaowei wanted to reach out and pat his shoulder to console him.

But after witnessing the display of power, he retracted his hand in second thoughts, with a subconscious gulp!

This table was made with a jade top!

Seeing this, Shangguan Xuanjun gestured everyone to leave, to give him some peace.

At this point Shangguan Xuanyi spoke, "I’ll wait!"

What was he up to? Everyone in the room suddenly tensed up.

From a cupboard, Shangguan Xuanyi took out a wrapped package and threw it to Shangguan Xuanjun.

"What is this?" As he unwrapped it, Shangguan Xuanjun asked.

"It’s a list of spies Nangong Country has planted in Minze Country. Plus their military confidential documents, agreements signed with other countries... and the like!"

Upon hearing the first item, Di Shaowei immediately pounced on Shangguan Xuanjun, snatching to flip through the items in the package.

As Shangguan Xuanyi listed each item, everyone in the room became more and more astonished. By the time he finished, everyone was so stunned that they forgot to close their mouths!